In the rain.

I bought a bowl of lettuce plants for my mother.

I bought two bunches of peonies, one white, one pink, that are now on my kitchen counter.

I drove my son to the airport, and then drove from one valley to another.

Got briefly lost, since my sister's house had apparently shifted in its coordinates.

Drove home. Read a poem on my phone while idling in road-work-that-was-not-actually-happening.

Bought batteries.

Slept for an afternoon hour.

Graded and then we drove to get Thai food.

Graded some more.

Added some notes to a poem that may or may not be forming on the horizon, like a greatening cloud.

I considered whether it was too cold and/or too wet to take the dog for a walk.

We took the dog for a walk.

That was the first day.

First day of the semester: done.

Second day of the semester: coming right up.

Here's what went right: I was able to finish the syllabus for my second day of the semester class during the periods of time when no students showed up for my first day orientations to their online classes.

On the other hand: practically no students showed up for those orientations.

However: I am not worrying about it. Not yet, or not much.

To compensate: I opened the shade in my office a little higher to capture the little afternoon light diffusing through the rain, and worked and worked away, doing a little online orienting here and there, eating beautiful carrots and fennel and a pink orange.

And then: I went and worked out and drove home, starving like a savage.

And then: I fell asleep while I was reading Go Fug Yourself. #tragic

And then: I watched two hours of television, more or less. Okay, more.

While: working on the calendar for my second day class.

And also: sorting out this and that about other work I need to do. Adding to my lists of things that need to be finished.

Thus: making myself feel a little panicky.

In conclusion: After a day of steady rain, it's now snowing. We took our late night constitutional and left both human and dog tracks coming and going. I'm about to sleep the sleep of the new semester, of the stood-up teacher, of the still-planning, of the not-yet-panicked. Or at least the sleep of the not-much-panicked.

Stats: pre-solstice, post-teaching.

Teaching: done.

Baked goods: one cake baked; eaten. None remaining.

Illness: inevitable possible cold.

Grading: all still awaits.

Movies: two.

Mood: rainy but optimistic.

Crossword: yesterday's.

Housekeeping: que porquería.

Young men in their twenties in the house: two.

Online status: powering down.

Semester: almost, almost over.

Out.